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Jeopardy! is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin that premiered on NBC on March 30, 1964. Originally hosted by Art Fleming from its debut until 1979, the series' revival in 1984 was hosted by Alex Trebek and announced by Johnny Gilbert from then until Trebek's death in late 2020. Following his death, a rotation of guest hosts has taken Trebek's position until a permanent host can be chosen. Jeopardy! follows a quiz show format where a panel of three contestants chooses both a category and a dollar amount from a game board where the clue must always be answered in the form of a question (e.g. "What is...?").

Due in part to the success of the Trebek revival, a number of video game adaptations of Jeopardy! have been released on both consoles and handheld systems.

Video games

Jeopardy! has been adapted into a number of video games released on various consoles and handhelds spanning multiple hardware generations. Most Jeopardy! games released prior to 1998 were published by GameTek, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection that year.

Consoles

An Atari 2600 adaptation of Jeopardy! was planned by The Great Game Co. in 1983, but that game ended up being cancelled during development. This would have been the only video game based on the Fleming version if it were released. No ROMs have been found.

Then, from 1987 to 1990, Rare developed a series of three Jeopardy! games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The first featured general knowledge questions, the second was a "Kids Edition" featuring easier questions and child contestants, and the third was an "Anniversary Edition" honoring the 25th anniversary of the original Art Fleming version's debut. The Super Jeopardy! specials were also given a video game adaptation of their own for the NES, titled Talking Super Jeopardy! because of its periodic use of voice synthesis. Entertainment Weekly gave the game a C.

In 1992, GameTek released Jeopardy! video games for the Super NES and the Genesis. These two games were followed up by "Sports Editions" and "Deluxe Editions" in 1994. Of the "Sports Editions" in particular, Computer Gaming World said that despite their "many flaws", they "[exuded] a certain degree of charm" in emulating the positive and negative aspects of the television show. Later in 1994, Sony Imagesoft created a game based on the show for the Sega CD, while Philips Interactive Media released a version for its CD-i console the following year, with clues being read by Wheel of Fortune announcer Charlie O'Donnell instead of Alex Trebek. GameTek's last Jeopardy! video game before its bankruptcy was released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64. It received negative reviews which slammed the graphics (particularly the absence of animation on the contestants) and the frequent recycling of questions. According to Gametek, the latter issue results from the fact that the game loses track of which questions have already been used every time the Nintendo 64 is powered off.

Hasbro Interactive produced two Jeopardy! video game adaptations of its own for Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation console in 1998 and 1999; both versions feature clues that are read by announcer Johnny Gilbert instead of host Alex Trebek; while the second edition features behind-the-scenes interviews, an all-access backstage video, and a qualifying exam for contestants. Afterwards, Hasbro Interactive's successor, Infogrames Entertainment (which would later go on to become Atari, SA), released a PlayStation 2 edition in October 2003. Then in 2008, Sony Online Entertainment created a Jeopardy! game for the PlayStation 3 through the PlayStation Network.

On November 2, 2010, THQ released Jeopardy! video games for the Wii and Nintendo DS platforms. The company followed those up in 2012 by releasing games based on the show for the PlayStation 3, the Wii U, and Microsoft's Xbox 360.

Handhelds

A Game Boy version of Jeopardy! was released by GameTek in 1991, and went on to spawn a "Sports Edition." Both versions were ported to the Game Boy's Sega rival, the Game Gear. The gameplay in the Sports Edition is identical to the Super NES and Genesis versions, though the portable versions lack the digitized voice and image of Alex Trebek and support only two players (where the console versions support three). Tiger Electronics also released several Jeopardy! electronic games of its own, including a version for its Game.com system. In 2004, Majesco Entertainment planned a port of Jeopardy! for Game Boy Color, but those plans failed to materialize because the handheld had been discontinued by then.

In 2010, Sony Pictures Television, the show's production company, released an adaptation for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. The system was updated in 2012 with a number of online and local multiplayer modes.

In May 18, 2017, Sony Pictures Television once again released another adaptation, this time called as the Jeopardy! World Tour, for free on iOS and Android devices.

Other games

Personal computers have seen many different adaptations of Jeopardy! The earliest was released in 1987 by Sharedata, which also released versions for the Apple II and the Commodore 64. Sony Imagesoft later released its own PC version in 1994, along with the Sega CD version. In 1998, shortly after GameTek's closure, Hasbro Interactive created a PC edition of Jeopardy!, which was followed up by a version for Macintosh computers developed by MacSoft in 2000, and later by an updated version published by Infogrames in 2003. The show's latest PC adaptation was a "Super Deluxe" edition released by Encore, Inc. in 2008.

In April 2011, GSN's interactive division teamed up with Sony Pictures Consumer Products to develop a Jeopardy! online game for Facebook, but that game has since been taken down. As of March 2013, video game adaptations of Jeopardy! also exist on Twitter, Android, and the Roku Channel Store.